WHYBROW  A.E.

Given Names:  Arthur Edward

               

Service Number:  3618

Unit:  7th Light Horse Regiment, 32nd reinforcements                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  129 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  23/4/1917

Place:  Bondi Junction

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Arthur Whybrow

c/- Whybrow & Co, Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria                                                    

Embarkation Date:  2/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Commonwealth A73

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Orari     

Embarked:  15/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  30/6/1919

Unit:  1st Machine Gun Squadron                                                                                                  

Rank:  Trooper

Discharge Date:  24/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69640

Victory Medal:  66792

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  15/6/1899

Place:  Clifton Hill, Victoria                       

Father:  Arthur WHYBROW                      

Mother:  Alice Wilhemiena ROSTROW

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Denise

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 9/2/1949                            

Place: Elsternwick, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

* Gave DOB for WW2, 15/6/1903

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX59570                                     

Date Enlisted:  15/7/1941                                        

Date Discharged:  26/9/1945

 

COMMENTS

Lived at 'Rostrona', Studley Park, Kew

 

Kew Rotary